My Madagascar Inspired Mantella Paludarium

Fishies_in_Philly · 11-26-2012, 12:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Amandas tank

This is going to be pretty cool!

thanks Amanda! i certainly hope so, but since it's not up and running yet, there is still always time for an epic fail!! LOL

**crazydaz** · 11-26-2012, 04:01 AM

Well, this project is coming along in a fantastic way, Bill!! Actually, this could be more amazing than your larger system. Very impressed with your craftsmanship!!

Fishies_in_Philly · 11-26-2012, 12:04 PM

Thanks don! I kind of see that as the goal, each one better than the next.

Amandas tank · 11-26-2012, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Fishies_in_Philly

thanks Amanda! i certainly hope so, but since it's not up and running yet, there is still always time for an epic fail!! LOL

Well Bill, lets hope things will go as planned without hitch!!!!

Fishies_in_Philly · 11-27-2012, 12:32 AM

guess what i made tonight folks? " 'SHROOMS" !!! if i can't get 'em from Madagascar, then darn it, i'll make 'em. i'm even painting them to match their real life counter parts.

Learner · 11-27-2012, 05:37 AM

so thats the clay you were baking the other day during our chat! Nicely done. I think they will look great when smothered with lush green terrestrial growth of the orchids and broms. Very inventive Bill.

Best Fishes

JD

Amandas tank · 11-27-2012, 07:38 AM

Wow Bill! That is really cool! You should be proud

Fishies_in_Philly · 11-27-2012, 12:27 PM

Thanks guys. Jake, nice freaking king! That go about 25lb? That thing is a monster!!

Learner · 11-27-2012, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Fishies_in_Philly

Thanks guys. Jake, nice freaking king! That go about 25lb? That thing is a monster!!

Waiting to get you and the wife up here! good eye: about 31 if the math on length and girth are correct.

Just had 100% mortality in my salmon tank

. every single egg..out of 250 of them is dead. I must have outgased some chems into the water. I guess my little local lake wont be getting stocked this year.

Fishies_in_Philly · 11-29-2012, 12:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Learner

Waiting to get you and the wife up here! good eye: about 31 if the math on length and girth are correct.

Just had 100% mortality in my salmon tank

. every single egg..out of 250 of them is dead. I must have outgased some chems into the water. I guess my little local lake wont be getting stocked this year.

dam man, that sucks. i know how it feels, i lost a ridiculous amount of shrimp this past year. i feel your pain

Fishies_in_Philly · 11-29-2012, 12:29 AM

little, tiny update. shrooms are in, lichen are in. vines are covered. here's what we got right now

Amandas tank · 11-29-2012, 12:33 AM

Man those shrooms are awesome! Great job Bill! Everything else is looking good too. Very exciting what you have goin' on here! I can hardly wait until the next update!

Learner · 11-29-2012, 03:18 AM

wow the vines look super, as do the shrooms. I dont know how you get that furry, textured look with your peat/coco fiber. It looks so realistic. Every time I use the titebond, I get a very smooth look. DId you use silicone?? what ever you did, it looks good brother!

Fishies_in_Philly · 11-29-2012, 12:16 PM

Thanks guys. I thought the mushrooms would make a nice touch

JD, i did the titebond as usual, but as it was still wet with the second coat, i sprinkled a mix on it that i made, as well as some fresh peat moss. That's why mine looks so bushy

**crazydaz** · 11-29-2012, 01:48 PM

I'm going to need you to hurry up and finish this......

lookin' great Bill! Finger lickin' good!

11-26-2012, 04:01 AM	#32
crazydaz Friggin. Conformist. (View User Tanks) PTrader: (63/100%) Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Hendersonville, TN Posts: 1,240	Well, this project is coming along in a fantastic way, Bill!! Actually, this could be more amazing than your larger system. Very impressed with your craftsmanship!! __________________ Kinder. Goth.

11-26-2012, 12:04 PM	#33
Fishies_in_Philly Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (9/100%) Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: phila., PA Posts: 2,178	Thanks don! I kind of see that as the goal, each one better than the next. __________________ -Bill The Fraternity of Dirt #82 125 gallon White's tree frog paludarium My Madagascar Inspired Mantella Paludarium

11-27-2012, 12:32 AM	#35
Fishies_in_Philly Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (9/100%) Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: phila., PA Posts: 2,178	guess what i made tonight folks? " 'SHROOMS" !!! if i can't get 'em from Madagascar, then darn it, i'll make 'em. i'm even painting them to match their real life counter parts. __________________ -Bill The Fraternity of Dirt #82 125 gallon White's tree frog paludarium My Madagascar Inspired Mantella Paludarium

11-27-2012, 05:37 AM	#36
Learner Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Alaska Posts: 311	so thats the clay you were baking the other day during our chat! Nicely done. I think they will look great when smothered with lush green terrestrial growth of the orchids and broms. Very inventive Bill. Best Fishes JD Attached Images

11-27-2012, 07:38 AM	#37
Amandas tank Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (2/100%) Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Alaska Posts: 744	Wow Bill! That is really cool! You should be proud __________________ Happy Fish Keeping My Ever-Evolving Tank Last edited by Amandas tank; 11-27-2012 at 09:24 PM.. Reason: sp error...I hate those

11-27-2012, 12:27 PM	#38
Fishies_in_Philly Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (9/100%) Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: phila., PA Posts: 2,178	Thanks guys. Jake, nice freaking king! That go about 25lb? That thing is a monster!! __________________ -Bill The Fraternity of Dirt #82 125 gallon White's tree frog paludarium My Madagascar Inspired Mantella Paludarium

11-29-2012, 12:29 AM	#41
Fishies_in_Philly Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (9/100%) Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: phila., PA Posts: 2,178	little, tiny update. shrooms are in, lichen are in. vines are covered. here's what we got right now __________________ -Bill The Fraternity of Dirt #82 125 gallon White's tree frog paludarium My Madagascar Inspired Mantella Paludarium

11-29-2012, 12:33 AM	#42
Amandas tank Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (2/100%) Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Alaska Posts: 744	Man those shrooms are awesome! Great job Bill! Everything else is looking good too. Very exciting what you have goin' on here! I can hardly wait until the next update! __________________ Happy Fish Keeping My Ever-Evolving Tank

11-29-2012, 03:18 AM	#43
Learner Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Alaska Posts: 311	wow the vines look super, as do the shrooms. I dont know how you get that furry, textured look with your peat/coco fiber. It looks so realistic. Every time I use the titebond, I get a very smooth look. DId you use silicone?? what ever you did, it looks good brother!

11-29-2012, 12:16 PM	#44
Fishies_in_Philly Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (9/100%) Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: phila., PA Posts: 2,178	Thanks guys. I thought the mushrooms would make a nice touch JD, i did the titebond as usual, but as it was still wet with the second coat, i sprinkled a mix on it that i made, as well as some fresh peat moss. That's why mine looks so bushy __________________ -Bill The Fraternity of Dirt #82 125 gallon White's tree frog paludarium My Madagascar Inspired Mantella Paludarium

11-29-2012, 01:48 PM	#45
crazydaz Friggin. Conformist. (View User Tanks) PTrader: (63/100%) Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Hendersonville, TN Posts: 1,240	I'm going to need you to hurry up and finish this...... lookin' great Bill! Finger lickin' good! __________________ Kinder. Goth. Last edited by crazydaz; 11-29-2012 at 01:50 PM.. Reason: Autocorrect is annoying.

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